New Pope named

New Pope named

Newly elected Pope Francis I waves to the waiting crowd from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Peter Macdiarmid, Getty Images)

Vatican City, Italy (ABC 4 News)-With the rising of the white smoke at the Vatican, the Roman Catholic conclave sent a strong signal of inclusion to the Latino population worldwide.

Vatican City, Italy (ABC 4 News)-

With the rising of the white smoke at the Vatican, the Roman Catholic conclave sent a strong signal of inclusion to the Latino population worldwide.

Pope Francis I, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, is the first non-European pontiff in more than 1000 years. An Argentinean, Pope Francis was chosen off of a short list of possibilities, which included several prominent American Catholic clergy.

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